Quilotoa@lemmy.ca to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoTIL that January 1 was chosen as the first day of the year by Julius Caesar as the god Janus (where January got its name) was the god of doors and it made sense that the door was open to the new year.www.mentalfloss.comexternal-linkmessage-square34fedilinkarrow-up1302arrow-down14
arrow-up1298arrow-down1external-linkTIL that January 1 was chosen as the first day of the year by Julius Caesar as the god Janus (where January got its name) was the god of doors and it made sense that the door was open to the new year.www.mentalfloss.comQuilotoa@lemmy.ca to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square34fedilink
minus-squareQuilotoa@lemmy.caOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·17 hours agoThat could work. I especially like that it doesn’t start over again like the 12 hour clock.
That could work. I especially like that it doesn’t start over again like the 12 hour clock.